What data will you collect or create in the research?

What data types will you be creating or capturing? 

How will you capture or create the data?

If you will be using existing data, state that fact and include where you got it.What is the relationship between the data you are collecting and the existing data?

How long will the original data collector/creator/principal investigator retain the right to use the data before opening it up to wider use?

How long do you expect to keep the data private before making it available? Explain if different data products will become available on different schedules (Ex: raw data vs processed data, observations vs models, etc.)

Explain details of any embargo periods for political/commercial/patent reasons? When will you make the data available?

Which file formats will you use for your data, and why?

What file formats will be used for data sharing?

What metadata/ documentation will be submitted alongside the data or created on deposit/ transformation in order to make the data reusable?

What contextual details (metadata) are needed to make the data you capture or collect meaningful?

How will you create or capture these details?

What form will the metadata describing/documenting your data take?

Which metadata standards will you use and why have you chosen them? (e.g. accepted domain-local standards, widespread usage)

What is the long-term strategy for maintaining, curating and archiving the data?

Which archive/repository/database have you identified as a place to deposit data?

What procedures does your intended long-term data storage facility have in place for preservation and backup?

How long will/should data be kept beyond the life of the project?

What data will be preserved for the long-term?

What transformations will be necessary to prepare data for preservation / data sharing?

What metadata/ documentation will be submitted alongside the data or created on deposit/ transformation in order to make the data reusable?

What related information will be deposited?

What are your plans for providing access to your data? (on your website, available via ftp download, via e-mail, or another way)

Will any permission restrictions need to be placed on the data?

With whom will you share the data, and under what conditions?

Will a data sharing agreement be required?

Are there ethical and privacy issues? If so, how will these be resolved?

Who will hold the intellectual property rights to the data and how might this affect data access?